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Trump wants to open Alaska's Tongass National Forest to logging
At the recent G7 summit, world leaders raised alarms at the burning of the Amazon rainforest, which conservationists call the lungs of the earth.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readAt the recent G7 summit, world leaders raised alarms at the burning of the Amazon rainforest, which conservationists call the lungs of the earth. But another rainforest is now in the crosshairs of the Trump administration: the Tongass National Forest in Alaska. It's the largest intact temperate rainforest in the world. President Trump has instructed his Department of Agriculture to open the forest up to logging and road construction.
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The full episode
2 of 5Mandy Moore on playing a matriarch and making music again- 0:00Trump plans to sharply cut methane regulations
- 9:13Trump wants to open Alaska's Tongass National Forest to loggingYou’re reading this
- 15:47Pinterest takes on the anti-vaccination movement
- 23:28Mandy Moore on playing her most daunting role, and moving on from Ryan Adams to make music again
- 38:43Deep breathing can lead to better health